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/about-us/advisories/advisory-2020-009-recommendations-mitigate-apt-actors-targeting-health-sector-and-covid-19-essential-services

Advisory 2020-009: Recommendations to mitigate APT actors targeting health sector and COVID-19 essential services   Advisory

May 8, 2020 - The ACSC recommends that organisations in the health sector implement the following cyber security mitigations:

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/about-us/advisories/advisory-2020-008-copy-paste-compromises-tactics-techniques-and-procedures-used-target-multiple-australian-networks

Advisory 2020-008: Copy-paste compromises - tactics, techniques and procedures used to target multiple Australian networks   Advisory

Sep 16, 2020 - This advisory details the tactics, techniques and procedures (TTPs) identified during the Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) investigation of a cyber campaign targeting Australian networks. These TTPs are captured in the frame of tactics and techniques outlined in the MITRE ATT&CK framework.

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/about-us/advisories/asdacsc-advisory-2020-012-critical-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-windows-dns-server-cve-2020-1350

ASD's ACSC Advisory 2020-012: Critical remote code execution vulnerability in Windows DNS server (CVE-2020-1350)   Advisory

Jul 15, 2020 - An adversary who successfully exploits the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the Local System Account. The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) strongly recommends users apply the security patch to their Windows DNS servers to prevent an adversary from exploiting this vulnerability.

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/about-us/news/prc-state-sponsored-cyber-actor-living-off-the-land-to-evade-detection

People's Republic of China State-Sponsored Cyber Actor Living off the Land to Evade Detection joint cybersecurity advisory   News

May 25, 2023 - Today we released a joint advisory with international partners on a recently discovered cluster of activity associated with a People’s Republic of China (PRC) state-sponsored cyber actor.

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/about-us/advisories/advisory-2020-004-remote-code-execution-vulnerability-being-actively-exploited-vulnerable-versions-telerik-ui-sophisticated-actors

Advisory 2020-004: Remote code execution vulnerability being actively exploited in vulnerable versions of Telerik UI by sophisticated actors   Advisory

May 22, 2020 - This advisory is focused around the targeting of CVE-2019-18935 but has significant overlap to the previously released ACSC 2019-126 advisory.

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/about-us/alerts/increased-global-ransomware-threats

Increased Global Ransomware Threats   Alert

Feb 10, 2022 - In 2021, cybersecurity authorities in the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom observed an increase in sophisticated, high-impact ransomware incidents against critical infrastructure organizations globally.

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/about-us/alerts/ddos-threats-being-made-against-australian-organisations

DDoS threats being made against Australian organisations   Alert

May 25, 2020 - Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a number of Denial of Service (DoS) for ransom threats being made against Australian organisations, primarily in the banking and finance sector.

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/about-us/news/revamped-guide-to-protect-australian-businesses-against-cyber-threats

Revamped guide to protect Australian businesses against cyber threats   News

Jun 22, 2023 - Australian businesses have a new source of help to understand and combat cyber threats through the refreshed Small Business Cyber Security Guide and new video developed by the The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD's ACSC).

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/using-content-credentials-to-help-mitigate-cyber-threats-associated-with-generative-AI

Using Content Credentials to help mitigate cyber threats associated with generative AI   News

Jan 30, 2025 - With advanced AI tools, digital media can be created or modified convincingly with minimal effort and cost. Learn more about media provenance solutions to help end users verify the integrity of your organisation’s content.

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/about-us/advisories/recommendations-mitigate-ddos-threats-being-made-against-australian-organisations

Recommendations to mitigate DDoS threats being made against Australian organisations   Advisory

Feb 25, 2020 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s Australian Cyber Security Centre (ASD’s ACSC) is aware of a number of Denial of Service (DoS) for ransom threats being made against Australian organisations, primarily in the banking and finance sector.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/safeguard-your-business-cyber-threats-australian-signals-directorate

Safeguard your business from cyber threats with the Australian Signals Directorate    News

May 13, 2024 - Australian business owners and organisations can access advice from the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD) to stay secure online.

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/about-us/advisories/russian-state-sponsored-and-criminal-cyber-threats-critical-infrastructure

Russian State-Sponsored and Criminal Cyber Threats to Critical Infrastructure   Advisory

May 17, 2022 - The cybersecurity authorities of the United States, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom are releasing this joint Cybersecurity Advisory (CSA). The intent of this joint CSA is to warn organizations that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has altered the geopolitical balance in ways that could expose organizations both within and beyond the region to increased malicious cyber activity. This activity may occur as a response to the unprecedented economic costs imposed on Russia as well as materiel support provided by the United States and U.S. allies and partners.

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/about-us/advisories/protecting-against-cyber-threats-managed-service-providers-and-their-customers

Protecting Against Cyber Threats to Managed Service Providers and their Customers   Advisory

May 12, 2022 - This advisory describes cybersecurity best practices for information and communications technology (ICT), focusing on guidance that enables transparent discussions between MSPs and their customers on securing sensitive data.

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/about-us/view-all-content/reports-and-statistics/annual-cyber-threat-report-2024-2025

Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-2025   Reports and statistics

Oct 14, 2025 - ASD’s Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024–25 provides an overview of the key cyber threats impacting Australia, how ASD’s ACSC is responding and cyber security advice for Australian individuals, organisations and government to protect themselves online.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/australian-signals-directorate-releases-annual-cyber-threat-report-2024-25

Australian Signals Directorate releases the Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-25   News

Oct 14, 2025 - The Annual Cyber Threat Report 2024-25 provides an overview of the key cyber threats impacting Australia, how ASD's ACSC is responding and cyber security advice for Australian individuals, organisations and government to protect themselves online.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news-and-media/join-the-cyber-threat-intelligence-sharing-service-through-sentinel

Join the Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing service through Sentinel or Splunk Enterprise Security   News

Oct 2, 2025 - The Australian Signals Directorate’s (ASD’s) Cyber Threat Intelligence Sharing (CTIS) is a two-way sharing platform that enables government and industry partners to receive and share information about malicious cyber activity at machine speed.

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/about-us/view-all-content/reports-and-statistics/annual-cyber-threat-report-2023-2024

Annual Cyber Threat Report 2023-2024   Reports and statistics

Nov 20, 2024 - ASD’s Annual Cyber Threat Report 2023–24 provides an overview of the key cyber threats impacting Australia, how ASD’s ACSC is responding and cyber security advice for Australian individuals, organisations and government to protect themselves online.

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/about-us/view-all-content/reports-and-statistics/asd-cyber-threat-report-july-2022-june-2023

ASD Cyber Threat Report 2022-2023   Reports and statistics

Nov 14, 2023 - The ASD's Cyber Threat Report is ACSC’s flagship unclassified publication. The Report provides an overview of key cyber threats impacting Australia, how the ACSC is responding to the threat environment, and crucial advice for Australian individuals and organisations to protect themselves online

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/about-us/news/launch-annual-threat-report

Launch of the Annual Threat Report   News

Nov 4, 2022 - The Annual Cyber Threat Report is ACSC’s flagship unclassified publication. The Report provides an overview of key cyber threats impacting Australia, how the ACSC is responding to the threat environment, and crucial advice for Australian individuals and organisations to protect themselves online.

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/about-us/view-all-content/news/stay-ahead-of-the-quantum-threat-with-post-quantum-cryptography

Stay ahead of the quantum threat with post-quantum cryptography   News

Sep 22, 2025 - Get updated advice to help your organisation plan and prepare for post-quantum cryptography.

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